First step before investing in any coin is do your own research. Never blindly follow the influencer as influence may do paid content. Research is important for enhancing your knowledge. Your own research will help to build your confidence. It is a fact that we all mistakes, but actually mistakes is actually good as it improve your skill.
Understand the tokenomics of coin. Check the circulation supply of coins, total supply etc. Also check the used case of coins. Always choose coins which have good used case. Reading a project white paper will help to understand the tokenomics of coin.
Avoid those project which offer unrealistic rate of return. It may be a scam which may swallowed your hard earned money.
Coins audited by good audit firm have lesser chance of scam project. So, always check the audit report of project before investment.
Same way check out the social media activity of project. Team involvement in project. A well know team indicates the less chances of scam. If the team is working on project development it will definitely engage on twitter, telegram and discord.
Always purchase coins from trusted source or known platform. Never click on any link sent through DM. There is huge probability that it may hack your account. Never share your passwords, keys and seed phrase from other user. Keep them in safe custody. Same way, if you use centralize exchanges, always use double authentication to make your account safe from the hack.
Acting on these simple steps may help you to save from scam project. I hope your will find this post useful.
This is ti for my today post. Wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous life ahead. Have a nice time.